Whose Company is it Anyway?

Join host Sheldon Stone and guest Doug LaLone, a patent attorney with the law firm Fishman Stewart, as they explore how intellectual property can affect the value of your business as season three of the Whose Company Is It Anyway podcast, presented by Capstone Headwaters, kicks off.

With automotive distress on the rise, now is a perfect time to for an in-depth analysis of the most important agreement in a distressed-automotive situation: the Accommodation Agreement. Join podcast host Sheldon Stone and an expert panel featuring Theodore Sylwestrzak, Banking and Financial Services Practice Chair for Dickenson Wright; Robert Weiss, Of Counsel at Dickenson Wright; and Stephen Gross, Co-Chair of Business Restructuring at McDonald Hopkins, as they examine how and why the Accommodation Agreement was invented, its history and evolution and, most importantly, current market terms for Accommodation Agreements.

Starting in March, the postponement or cancellation of anticipated sporting and concert events in response to COVID-19 was, for many of us, the first sign that something unprecedented was happening. The global pandemic hit the sports and entertainment industry early and hard. In our latest episode of Whose Company Is It Anyway, host Sheldon Stone explores the mechanics and economics of recovery with industry expert Mike Wall, a member of the Transactional & Securities Practice and the Sports & Entertainment Industry Team at law firm Foley & Lardner LLP.

An organization with a resilient, cohesive culture has a competitive advantage, especially in hard times. One of the best tools to help build this strength turns out to be embracing diversity and difference, according to Linda Watson, a member at Clark Hill Law Firm who is, among other roles, also the co-chair of the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee. Listen as she and Sheldon Stone, host of Whose Company Is It Anyway, explore why this matters now more than ever.

We talk a lot about threats to business success on Whose Company is it Anyway, but today host Sheldon Stone had a chance to explore the habits and practices of a highly successful organization with Dan Laible, CFO and Executive Vice President of NYX, Inc., a Tier 1 automotive supplier (and highly successful organization).

In the midst of a period of unprecedented economic expansion, everyone we know is keeping one eye on the long-term forecast but it is equally important to not overlook actual conditions on the ground. In this edition of Whose Company Is It Anyway podcast, presented by Amherst Partners, Sheldon Stone and Robert Shanahan, Executive Vice President of Wintrust Business Credit, look at the economy through the lens of asset-based lending to search for indications of what to expect in 2020. 

Think your industry is too traditional to embrace innovation? Whose Company is it Anyway host Sheldon Stone explores the rise of cloud-based law firms with his special guest, Patricia Fugée, a partner at FisherBroyles law firm. The firm’s Next Generation Law Firm® model was engineered to maximize responsiveness, efficiency, and value but also has helped make FisherBroyles a leader in diversity, inclusive culture, and work-life balance.

We know that each business’s individual story of struggle and success is a single brush stroke on a vast canvas. Searching for the patterns that appear when you look at the bigger picture, Whose Company Is It Anyway podcast host Sheldon Stone turns the microphone around to capture insights from veteran broadcast journalist Murray Feldman’s 40-year career reporting on the stories that shaped and molded the people and the communities of metropolitan Detroit.

Amherst Partners' Sheldon Stone sits down with Derek Gentile, the second generation CEO and President of EEI Global, one of the nation's most innovative consumer experience agencies, to learn more about how EEI has survived challenging times and capitalized on opportunities to grow.

Sheldon Stone sits down with Joel Applebaum, formerly of Clark Hill Law Firm, to talk about his upcoming transition to a new role as a member of the US Bankruptcy Court of the Eastern District of Michigan.